Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-28

defense. AS for Joshua Mech, he did
not once come to see us-an act Of pru-
dence which, while Dan commended it,
was surprising to him. To be sure, as
Dan said, it was only by chance that he
wasn't caught with the rest. And when
L told him of the single step I had heard
before the revenue men came down the
hill, he surmised that it was Joshua, and
OWNED the secret Of the empty hold.
Who but Joshua could have cleared out
the cargo in so expeditions and crafty
manner? Who but Joshua knew the
caches in the cliff? Who but Joshua
would have been so thoughtful of the in
terests of the firm?
The court on the day of the trial was
crowded with spectators, principally
people from Lyme and Bridport who
knew Dan Gulliver. I listened with dis
! may to their talk, for it was nothing but
speculation as to what the punishment
| would be-
/ came with Mr.. Copas, who provided
me with q seat below the dock, so that I
could shake hands with the prisoners.
Presently our man, our advocate, the
great Sergt. Jamblin, K. c., afterward
Sir Peter Jamblin, one Of his majesty's
| judges, came into court. He was fol-
| lowed by clerk bearing blue bag full
| of papers. noticed that he nodded but
| did not shake hands with Mr.. Copas. Yet
he shook hands with every member OF the
bar in the court. I believe that in those
| days it was not considered right for bar
| rister to shake hands with an attorney.
Presently he left the table and came
| to me.
81 have heard Of you, Miss Noel" he
said. "Pray let me shake hands with
you. Mr.. Copas has told me the whole
history. I am only sorry that your gal
| liant attempt to warn Dan Gulliver did
not succeed. am not sure, but am in
great hopes that we shall get them of al
| together-one and all, you know; they
were in the same boat But If we cannot
| then may tell you that little bird has
whispered good news in my ear. A lord,
high placed, has interested himself in the
case. Courage, my dear young lady"
This was very kind Of the sergeant. He
was not, to look at, man from whom
such things were to be expected; for he
had harsh and strident voice, full project
ing lips and staring eyes. Also, ne had
very red cheeks, and way OF pushing
back his wig which showed that he was
already quite bald. But when years after
ward heard people talk Of the harsh and
overbearing way of Judge Jambl1n, re-
membered that he had once taken pity on
poor girl in grevious trouble, and said
words of comfort to her.
Then there was blare Of trumpets,
and presently the whole court rose to
greet the judge.
Now firmly believe that If we had had
any other Judge in all England to try the
case, or if this particular judge had not
been attacked the day before with gout in
his great toe, so signal was the service
rendered by Dan to the government that
we should have all got off with free par
don. But the day was unlucky. Our
Judge, never the most kindly Of men, was
in bad temper that morning. His face
was pale, austere and gloomy. His eyes
had flshy stare in them, which was due
to his thinking more Of his great toe than
of the arguments going on before him.
He was very old; he had been a Judge
many years; he had sentenced so many
people to death, to transportation, to i'm
prisonment that he had got to regard
crime as sort Of disease, and himself as
O doctor who administered remedy or
declared the case hopeless. s,n' ia
He seated himself, and the preliminaries
began.
The jury were all Dorchester men; no
man of Lyme would have brought YER
dict against Dan. AS for the prisoners,
Dan came first. he leaned over the bars
of the dock to kiss me when he took his
place. Nobody could have looked more
innocent than he with his steadfast eyes,
h;o ,~r,1 =, 1oolye nd b{c oo1ro foro 1Oh Qn6
Jephthah, who followed, stood staring
straight before them as if the court had
nothing whatever to do with them; as If
it were not there at all, in fact. Will
came last. He passed his haad over the
dock to press mine, and smiled in his old
way; but he was flushed and his lip
trembled as he stood before them all,
gentleman in the guise Of common
sailor, about to be tried for breaking the
laws of his country.
Then the counsel for the prosecution
rose and opened the case. He began by
saying that the jury had before them
gang of notorious and hitherto uupunished
smugglers-men who lived by defying
the laws of the land. He congratulated
the court on being able at last to bring
these men to justice. He should prove
and here set forth the whole facts, during
! which Sergt. Jamblin leaned back and
occasionally whispered to one of the Junior
counsel with depreciatory smile.
When the counsel for the prosecution
had finished he called his witnesses.
Lieut.. Pollard was the first. From in
formation received, he stationed himself
with company Of sixteen men in Rous-
| don bay ut midnight on Thursday, Oct.
25. About 4 o'clock in the morning
the Dancing Polly rounded the point
and stood in for the creek. At the mo-
ment of landing he effected the arrest.
This was all substantially that he had
to say. Then the sergeant rose and he be-
gan to tear him to pieces.
"Where did you get your information,
Lieut.. PollardF'
"That, with his lordship's permission, I
decline to state.'
The court ruled that the question need
not be asked.
81 was only anxious, my lord" said the
sergeant smiling sweetly, "for the witness
own sake to prove that q British officer Is
incapable of employing any of those des-
picable persons who live by betraying the
! sins or follies of their fellow men,"
t1ere tuc SdllauI OluCef Ieuuelleo oAlu
looked uncomfortable.
"We will 90 on" said the sergeant.
"What did this villainous informer tell
you!'
'That the notorious smuggler, Dan Gull
liver, would attempt run over from the
French coast on that particular night,
laden with brandy"
"Ah! Remember, Lieut.. Pollard, you
are on oath. Every word that you say is
on oath. Pray, why notorious SNUG
gler:'"
The witness laughed.
Everybody knows that he is notori-
Gus smuggler."
81 care nothing about everybody know
ing; do you know"
"Of course I know"
"How do you know"
"By general report"
$50, if general report proclaimed you a
murderer, thief, or anything else, you
must of necessity be that kind of crimi-
nal%'
| The witness was silent. Of course he
could not be expected to state that he had
often partaken of the Gulliver brandy,
and had, indeed, purchased it.
''Has the elder prisoner, or any of the
prisoners, indeed, ever been convicted Of
smuggling?'
"No."
"Have you ever seen them smuggling"
"Never before"
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